Jacques Yves Cousteau Quotes About Conservation

Quotes about: Conservation

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  The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Ocean, Men, Sea

  Speech by Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Carlos Moedas on the occasion of the signing of the Belém Statement, Lisbon, europa.eu. July 13, 2017.

• Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Ocean, Air, Aquariums

• We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Ocean, Animal, Hunting

  July 17, 1971 interview quoted in "Breath of Fresh Air", edited by Nicholas Schneider, p. 180, 2008.

• The sea is the universal sewer.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Ocean, Sea, Conservation

  1971 Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 28 Jan.

• I said that the oceans were sick but they're not going to die. There is no death possible in the oceans - there will always be life - but they're getting sicker every year.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Ocean, Years, Sea

  Interview, March 1996.

• The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Mother, Jobs, Wall

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